Question follow-through · 63391
Defence: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to expand access to apprenticeships in defence-related sectors in Northern Ireland.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 27 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
27 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to expand access to apprenticeships in defence-related sectors in Northern Ireland.
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jul 2025
Answer published
Apprenticeship and skills policy is devolved to Northern Ireland, and any measures regarding apprenticeships there are a matter for the Northern Irish government.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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